The Story of Simon SimopathNirvana12 Album Coloured VinylGenre: RockDescription: The Story of Simon Simopath is the debut album by British psychedelic band Nirvana released by Island Records in 1967. Described by Melody Maker's Chris Welch as a science fiction pantomime album the songs are linked with a story on the back cover which details the dream of Simon Simopath to fly. Pentecost Hotel was released as a single with the non-album b-side Feelin' Shattered. Wings of Love was the next single also with a non-album b-side Requiem to John Coltrane. In a retrospective review on AllMusic Stewart Mason feels that the unashamedly twee early concept album with its deliberately childlike tone despite being a collection of unconnected songs forced together in a rather silly story is a uniformly solid set of well-constructed psych-pop tunes. The Story of Simon Simopath was selected for The MOJO Collection as one of the most significant albums in musical history.
